Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
In the US, carbon-intensive sectors have made risk factor disclosures related to climate change for years but very little of it has been decision useful. This is in part due to the general nature of “risk factor” disclosure. But it is also because few companies have focused on how policy …
After two decades of breakneck growth in coal-fired power generation, power generation from coal finally slowed down in 2011 and turned into a decline in 2013, as a result of booming clean energy and slowing power demand growth. While this turnaround is the decade’s most important positive development for the …
Coal is an important part of India’s economic growth story. However coal mining in India also has a different cost, borne by the communities affected by these mines, who are rarely meaningfully informed or consulted when their land is acquired, their forests decimated, and their livelihoods jeopardised. This report examines …
Lung-penetrating dust from coal-fired power plants in the European Union claims some 23,000 lives a year and racks up tens of billions of euros in health costs, an NGO report said. Even as the bloc shifts towards renewable sources like wind and Sun energy, coal still accounted for 18 per …
A petition has been filed in the Apex Court against the NGT ban on coal mining in Meghalaya following which a notice was served to All Dimasa Students’ Union by the Court on Thursday. The Nongstoin Land Owners Coal Traders & Producers Association on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking …
Investments to the tune of more than Rs 10 lakh crore would be required in coal mining and allied sectors like power, steel and cement to achieve the target of 1.5 billion tonnes of coal production by 2019-20, according to a report. India has set an ambitious target of 1.5 …
The water scarcity crippling large parts of India has already cost coal power companies nearly 7 billion units in lost electricity generation, with an estimated revenue loss of Rs. 2,400 crore in the first five months of 2016 alone, according to an analysis by Greenpeace India. The coal power sector …
Australia on Wednesday said the decks have been cleared for investments by ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mining project in Queensland. Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu said all environmental approvals have been granted to the company a couple of months ago. “...and so, effectively, it has everything …
A high-level panel of the environment ministry has recommended granting clearance to diversion of forest land for state-owned Singareni Collieries Company Ltd's coal mining project in Andhra Pradesh. The recommendation for clearance comes at a time when the country is eyeing 1.5 billion tonnes of coal output by 2020. After …
The government has postponed the schedule of coal mines to be allotted for commercial mining and will shortly come out with a modified one. "This has reference to the document and schedule of the process dated April 21, 2016, for allotment of coal mines to state government companies of coal-bearing …
Data transparency is key to accounting for how local governments and the private sector are contributing to global emissions reduction, say Angel Hsu and colleagues.
Almost $1tn of investment in new coal-fired power stations could be wasted if growing concerns about climate change and air pollution leave the plants unused, according to a new report. About 1,500 new coal plants are in construction or planning stages around the world but electricity generation from the fossil …
Coal plants are draining an already dwindling global water supply, consuming enough to meet the basic needs of one billion people and deepening a worldwide crisis. Announcing its first global plant-by-plant study, Greenpeace said coal power use will increase with newly built plants, causing "huge stress" on the world's major …
Claims that Asia is on the verge of a huge expansion in coal burning for electricity generation are incorrect, says a report. Asia’s Tigers: Reconciling coal, climate and energy demand, argues that the Asian Tiger economies with the world’s four biggest coal power project pipelines, China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, …
This comes after its appointment as mining development operator was struck down by both the states Private mining development operator EMTA (formerly Eastern Minerals & Trading Agency) has dragged the state-owned power companies of Punjab and Karnataka to court after its appointment as mining development operator (MDO) was struck down …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal coal mining, 14/12/2015. Cases of illegal mining are detected predominantly in the eastern region, mainly in the States of Jharkhand, covering Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) and Eastern Coalfield Limited (ECL) and West Bengal covering ECL and BCCL. List …
In the past few decades, China has experienced rapid growth in coal power, leading to the country’s increased CO2 emissions, which reached 8.25 billion tons in 2012 (IEA). Climate Policy Initiative examines the financing of Chinese coal power plants, beginning with an overview of the current state of the coal …
Following the Supreme Court judgement of 2014 cancelling the allocation of more than 200 captive coal blocks, the government quickly brought in legislation and began the process of their reallocation. While the new allocation framework is an improvement over the previous regime, it suffers from many potentially serious shortcomings. These …
This report presents a bottom-up inventory of subsidies to the Chinese coal industry. It starts with a snapshot of the different methodologies available for subsidy evaluation and then describes the identified subsidies to coal producers. This report is a building block to increase understanding of these subsidies and promote transparency …
Global demand for coal is still rising: EU member states have been reluctant to take action against coal projects and continue to subsidize coal related business with almost 10 billion euros per year. King Coal also generates 43 percent of Germany’s total energy. Coal Atlas contains the latest facts and …
